Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čerslo

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kerslá. Equivalent to *čersti +‎ *-slo.

Cognate with Lithuanian ker̃slas (“cutter”) (kir̃sti, kertù), Old Prussian kersle (“pickaxe, axe with 2 blades”). Also compare Lithuanian kirkšnìs/kìrkšnis (“hip joint”), Latvian cir̂ksnis (“groin”) or Latvian šķerslis or Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍂𐌰 (hairþra), Old High German hërdar or Latin culter, cultrum.

For the meaning compare French taille (“waist”), Italian taglia (< Latin taliāre (“to cut”)).

Noun

*čerslò n

1. plowshare

   Synonyms: *čьrtadlo, *lemešь, *ordlica, *ordlo

2. tan (tannic) (South and West Slavic)
3. (plural only) thighs (South and West Slavic)

   Synonyms: *lędvь, *bedro, *stegno

4. (plural only) loin, small of the back (East Slavic)

   Synonym: *lędvь

Declension

Declension of *čērslò (hard o-stem, accent paradigm b)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*čērslò	*čẽrslě	*čērslà
genitive	*čērslà	*čērslù	*čẽrslъ
dative	*čērslù	*čērslòma	*čērslòmъ
accusative	*čērslò	*čẽrslě	*čērslà
instrumental	*čērslъ̀mь, *čērslòmь*	*čērslòma	*čẽrsly
locative	*čērslě̀	*čērslù	*čẽrslěxъ
vocative	*čērslò	*čẽrslě	*čērslà

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Related terms

• *čersъ

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: чересла (čeresla)
    • Belarusian:
    • Russian: чересло́ (čeresló), че́ресло (čéreslo)
    • Ukrainian: чересло́ (čeresló)
• South Slavic:
  • Old Church Slavonic: чрѣсла (črěsla)
    • Bulgarian: чресла́ (čreslá)
    • → Russian: чре́сла (črésla)
  • Macedonian:
  • Slovene:
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: čřieslo
    • Czech: tříslo, stříslo
  • Old Polish: trzosła
  • Slovak: črieslo
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: cŕosło
    • Upper Sorbian: črjósło

Further reading

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “чре́сла”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “че́ресло”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čerslo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 74